Today, municipal utilities are not regulated by the state's Department of Public Utility Control.

It has been five years since the state's Department of Public Utility Control approved rules to open telephone service in Connecticut to competition.

The Department of Public Utility Control decided the problem had not risen to the level where they wanted to see that kind of money spent.

For example, the Department of Public Utility Control has its offices in New Britain.

The company's profitability has not escaped the notice of the state's Department of Public Utility Control.

The state Department of Public Utility Control is expected to approve the rate increases this week.

When the Department of Public Utility Control issued the wholesale rates last month, it was an interim measure.

It must still be approved by the Department of Public Utility Control, which ordered its preparation.

Inspectors from the state fire marshal's office and the Department of Public Utility Control were also investigating the explosion.

The Department of Public Utility Control intends to decide the issue by Dec. 6.